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in order to give taxes. then exxon mobil which made record profits over the last several quarters, it they can afford to pay a little more so that ordinary families who are hurting out there tried to figure out how they're going to save for their kids' college educations, and they need a break. look. nobody likes taxes. i would for for that no one pays them including myself. we have to pay the core investments. >> the fact is businesses in america are paying the second highest tax rate of anywhere in the world. our tax rate is 30 5% pish. ireland is 37%. where are companies going to go? we need to cut the business tax rate in america. of all times in america, we need to cut people's taxes. we need to create jobs, and not spread the wealth around. debate is the first of three at the university of the dinner, focusing at domestic policy. the debate begins at 9:00 with live coverage on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. the next week a town hall format. all of this live on c-span. we are also bringing you liv
in order to give taxes. then exxon mobil which made record profits over the last several quarters, it they can afford to pay a little more so that ordinary families who are hurting out there tried to figure out how they're going to save for their kids' college educations, and they need a break. look. nobody likes taxes. i would for for that no one pays them including myself. we have to pay the core investments. >> the fact is businesses in america are paying the second highest tax rate of...
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the second round of tax cuts. secondly, invaded a sovereign nation without declaring war and without paying for it, called iraq. thirdly, medicare prescription drugs was expanded, added $8 trillion in new unfunded sees when medicare was already underfunded $20 trillion. since then we have stimulus programs that are not properly designed and the effectively implemented. we passed for will care act to cover 30 million more people. government today is 24% of the economy, 12 times bigger than 100 years ago, and it is headed to 37% on autopilot. these people live in a dream world. >> let me read you two quotes. democrats and republicans blame each other. nobody steps up to the plate and accept responsibility for anything. this city, washington, d.c., we're giving a national press club speech from this city has become a town of media stunt man who posture, creek images, talk, she got off roman candles, but do not accomplish anything. i am wondering if you think you could utter them today in 2012 and they would make just
the second round of tax cuts. secondly, invaded a sovereign nation without declaring war and without paying for it, called iraq. thirdly, medicare prescription drugs was expanded, added $8 trillion in new unfunded sees when medicare was already underfunded $20 trillion. since then we have stimulus programs that are not properly designed and the effectively implemented. we passed for will care act to cover 30 million more people. government today is 24% of the economy, 12 times bigger than 100...
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when you take that with state income tax and payroll tax and real-estate taxes and gasoline tax all, together that means small business that are highly successful will end up giving more than what they have the government. that will kill jobs. i do not want to kill jobs. my priority is to create jobs, and i will do that with everything i can do. we can do better. we do not have to stay on the path we have been on. there was a report that came out this morning on job creation this last month. there were fewer new jobs created this month than last month. the unemployment rate has come down very slowly, but it has come down nonetheless. the reason it has come down this year is due to the fact that more and more people have just stopped looking for work. if you drop out of the workforce, give up and say i cannot go back to work, i will stay home, if you drop out altogether, you're no longer part of the statistics. it looks like an opponent is getting better, but if the same share of people were participating in the workforce today, as on day the president got elected, and the limit would
when you take that with state income tax and payroll tax and real-estate taxes and gasoline tax all, together that means small business that are highly successful will end up giving more than what they have the government. that will kill jobs. i do not want to kill jobs. my priority is to create jobs, and i will do that with everything i can do. we can do better. we do not have to stay on the path we have been on. there was a report that came out this morning on job creation this last month....
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. >> nobody likes taxes, but let's not raise anybody's taxes, ok? the fact is, businesses in america are paying the second highest tax rate of anywhere in the world. our business tax rate for america is seventh -- is 35%. ireland, is 11%. where will they go where they can create jobs and do the best for their business? we need to encourage business. of all times in america, we need to cut taxes, encourage business, create jobs, not spread the wealth around. >> that debate took place on october 15, 2008. and a reminder that the 2012 debate -- the first 2012 debate takes place this wednesday. and you can watch on c-span, listen on c-span radio, or watch on line. coming up come on the nevada senate debate. the incumbent and his challenger held their first debate. it is courtesy of kmpb tv. it is one of the closest races in the country. it is an hour. >> could evening. we have the incumbent and challenger who will face off in an hour-long debate. i am mitch fox from vegas cbs and i will serve as moderator. here is the format. each candidate will give a
. >> nobody likes taxes, but let's not raise anybody's taxes, ok? the fact is, businesses in america are paying the second highest tax rate of anywhere in the world. our business tax rate for america is seventh -- is 35%. ireland, is 11%. where will they go where they can create jobs and do the best for their business? we need to encourage business. of all times in america, we need to cut taxes, encourage business, create jobs, not spread the wealth around. >> that debate took place...
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focusing tax cut on the middle class, not as linda mcmahon does by focusing tax cut on the affluent and the rich. my focus is reinvesting in the educational system, not the funding are most potent asset in the state. >> the next question is for mrs. mcmahon. >> is the public being well served by the quality of the nature of this campaign? yes, we're here today in a formal debate and you to our public going to answer a dozen questions. but both of you have failed a basic standard of transparency and access in this campaign. press conferences are few and far between, if at all. neither one of the performers the basic task of letting us know where you are from day today so we can simply listen to what you are telling voters. it is pretty basic stuff. your campaign, is your campaign serving the voters of connecticut? >> i am out every single day. i have traveled our state and visited a over 250 businesses. i've been over 160 living rooms around the state. i like to bring our message directly to the people of connecticut. i like the folks of connecticut to be able to look me in the eye and a
focusing tax cut on the middle class, not as linda mcmahon does by focusing tax cut on the affluent and the rich. my focus is reinvesting in the educational system, not the funding are most potent asset in the state. >> the next question is for mrs. mcmahon. >> is the public being well served by the quality of the nature of this campaign? yes, we're here today in a formal debate and you to our public going to answer a dozen questions. but both of you have failed a basic standard of...
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if the taxes increase, then is a tax increase. if the canned says tax cut or mandatory spending or discretionary spending, we would use it in that way. achieving these baseline pounds of revenue and spending, it is not necessarily in the exact timing or form that the current law baseline looks out right now, but sticking with the essential elements. those of you who know me know that i am quite fond of the current law baseline. in the past i have said what we need to do is to follow a strict pay-as-you-go. i am tired of exempting this and ignoring that. let's stick to strict pay-as- you-go. pay-go noit to exceptions. i will just modify that today and say instead of pay-ago, is re-go. recycle as you go. set targets that congress says, by this date, we will have achieved this goal. the budget committees and the budget process to enforce this. there is something called budget conciliates -- reconciliation where they've direct the budget and other entities with jurisdiction over the program to come up with reforms, for spending target
if the taxes increase, then is a tax increase. if the canned says tax cut or mandatory spending or discretionary spending, we would use it in that way. achieving these baseline pounds of revenue and spending, it is not necessarily in the exact timing or form that the current law baseline looks out right now, but sticking with the essential elements. those of you who know me know that i am quite fond of the current law baseline. in the past i have said what we need to do is to follow a strict...
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rich were supposed to pay the majority of their taxes in federal taxes. working-class and the port were supposed to pay the majority of theirs in homeowners' taxes, city and state taxes -- ordering class and the poor. everything is out of sorts. when you are on fixed income and these states will have to have such a high tax rate because the federal government will have such a lower one. anybody i fixed tax rate goes in and buys a refrigerator that costs $400, will have about a $100 tax on the refrigerator. that is the problem. the ones it will hurt our people that are retired, people that are on disability, things like that. otherwise, i am completely in line with you. i voted for ron paul in 1988. i voted for paul brown. i think he -- i can remember what year it was that he ran as a libertarian. i voted for ross perot once. i am an open-minded person and i watch things very closely. host: thank you for calling. guest: i think by going to a national consumption tax, one federal national consumption tax -- i think that's a lot more fair. it ends up being c
rich were supposed to pay the majority of their taxes in federal taxes. working-class and the port were supposed to pay the majority of theirs in homeowners' taxes, city and state taxes -- ordering class and the poor. everything is out of sorts. when you are on fixed income and these states will have to have such a high tax rate because the federal government will have such a lower one. anybody i fixed tax rate goes in and buys a refrigerator that costs $400, will have about a $100 tax on the...
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raises taxes. small businesses tell me this is their single largest concern. >> the next question is for mr. murphy. >> regardless what happens with the affordable care act, the government will remain deeply involved in government health care. i want to ask about a very sensitive part of health cost- containment. one third of u.s. health spending is to take care of americans in their last year of life. does that need to change and how this government tackle something like that without the debate quickly turning into talk about government death panels and health-care rationing? >> we need to make a commitment to be blunt public health care systems like medicare and medicaid that we are going -- public health care systems that we're going to take care of them. u.s.s my commitment as a senator. but in order to do that, the have to have a medicare and medicaid program that works for those individuals and is not just designed to pad the bottom lines of insurance companies. this is where linda mcmahon an
raises taxes. small businesses tell me this is their single largest concern. >> the next question is for mr. murphy. >> regardless what happens with the affordable care act, the government will remain deeply involved in government health care. i want to ask about a very sensitive part of health cost- containment. one third of u.s. health spending is to take care of americans in their last year of life. does that need to change and how this government tackle something like that...
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he has lied over and over again about the $5 trillion tax cuts. on abc last night, jon karl said that is mostly fiction. multiple times. yes, both of them -- we are going to hear -- there wasn't much of a difference between both of them. i did not see obama differentiate himself -- >> you are planning to vote for mitt romney? >> yes, sir. >> thanks for the culprit last caller -- thanks for the call. at last caller on the independent line. >> i watched the debate last night on mute. >> did you watch it with closed caption? >> yes. i wanted to see the body language. i thought barack obama looked relaxed, a little too relaxed. overall, the body language, and then when i read the text, i think mitt romney shows a lack of integrity. that was the thing that kind of really bothered me, because he looked into the camera and said things that have been tested as far as being mostly false. i do believe that the president missed some opportunities. as a person who follows everything very closely, i did not want to hear something repeated, but i understand how
he has lied over and over again about the $5 trillion tax cuts. on abc last night, jon karl said that is mostly fiction. multiple times. yes, both of them -- we are going to hear -- there wasn't much of a difference between both of them. i did not see obama differentiate himself -- >> you are planning to vote for mitt romney? >> yes, sir. >> thanks for the culprit last caller -- thanks for the call. at last caller on the independent line. >> i watched the debate last...
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, the parallel tax. -- from a wealthier individuals, the parallel tax. instead, it is dipping down into the middle class. yes, we need to close loopholes. i can tell you, just in my visits with senators, that there is a consensus to move forward in a bipartisan manner to do that. >> thank you, senator fischer. senator kerry. >> rockport and aunt charring cross and i passed a reform that -- portman and chuck grassley i passed reform that gave a tremendous amount of power to deal with the irs could remember the cinderella story it with the glass slipper? fischer has created this glass slipper with a pledge to grover norquist did all the things she talks about, you cannot get it in there. that is the problem with her plan. >> senator fischer, 30 seconds. >> i think we were talking about reforming the tax code, and that has to happen, and there is bipartisan support for it. as a visit with business people all across the state, and they welcome that. they understand the complications. what they want to see is certainty. there is so much risk out there for bus
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would raise taxes on every single tax and who pays income tax. are the texans to pay income taxes we would not raise taxes on? you did not have an answer. >> you will not put words in my mouth. i would say, the first place, we have to balance the budget, cut spending, and raise revenue to reduce the national debt. you have never given any plan to reduce the national debt. anything you even described. talk about the deficit, our current budget, but you never say how you will eliminate $16 billion of the national debt. even tom coburn, one of your heroes, from oklahoma, says we have to raise revenue. we have to cut spending. we have to balance our budget. that is not liberal, that is not conservative, it is just the truth. >> i will make a point that in that entire answer, mr. sadler did not disagree with me once that there is not a single texan who currently pays income tax that he is willing to rule out raising taxes on. i've asked to three times that question, and you have yet to give an answer. >> hold on, what about the question of revenue? he
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will probably be around tax reform and spending. if we can get through the next year, something along the lines of the simpson-bowles deal, lowering the rate and broadening the base, the target on spending of the next in years, something between the rhineland and simpson-bowles, and then have energy policy. i think natural gas will be the most powerful boon to our nation's bottom line than we have seen in probably two decades and could very well established a review of our manufacturing muscle in this country and what our expectations ought to be going forward. i think it will be hugely consequential, economically. that is just an example of maybe three things that could be allies, without wandering off into all the reform areas. probably not realistic, given the reality of the political constraints over the next many months. >> we all tend to project the recent past into the future. there has been a lot of legislation passed in the last 20 years. there is right in 1981, obviously, with his initial budget. reagan 1986, tax reform, g
will probably be around tax reform and spending. if we can get through the next year, something along the lines of the simpson-bowles deal, lowering the rate and broadening the base, the target on spending of the next in years, something between the rhineland and simpson-bowles, and then have energy policy. i think natural gas will be the most powerful boon to our nation's bottom line than we have seen in probably two decades and could very well established a review of our manufacturing muscle...
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another issue that came up -- taxes. last night, president obama made it clear he is going to raise taxes. today, vice president joe biden made it even more clear. in i what he said, he asked himself a question and he asked if he and president obama wants a trillion dollar tax hike. his response to himself was yes, we do. that is a direct quote. virginia, no, we do not mitt romney will talk about this in a minute. what we do not needs is a
another issue that came up -- taxes. last night, president obama made it clear he is going to raise taxes. today, vice president joe biden made it even more clear. in i what he said, he asked himself a question and he asked if he and president obama wants a trillion dollar tax hike. his response to himself was yes, we do. that is a direct quote. virginia, no, we do not mitt romney will talk about this in a minute. what we do not needs is a
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he said he calculates how much they pay in taxes. state income tax, state sales tax, gasoline tax. it added up to well over 50% of what they earn. your plan is to take the tax rate on successful small businesses from 35% to 40%. the national federation of independent businesses has said that will cost 700,000 jobs. i don't want to cost jobs. my priority is jobs. so what i do is i bring down the tax rates, lower the deductions and exemptions. the same idea behind simpson, by the way. lower the deductions and exemptions to create more jobs, because there is nothing better for getting us to a balanced budget than having more people working, earning more money, paying more taxes. that's by far the most effective way to get this budget balanced. >> you may want to move on to another topic, but i would say this to the american people. if you believe that we can cut taxes by $5 trillion and add $2 trillion in additional spending that the military is not asking for, $7 trillion, just to give you a sense, that's more than our entire defense budget, and you think that by closing loopholes an
he said he calculates how much they pay in taxes. state income tax, state sales tax, gasoline tax. it added up to well over 50% of what they earn. your plan is to take the tax rate on successful small businesses from 35% to 40%. the national federation of independent businesses has said that will cost 700,000 jobs. i don't want to cost jobs. my priority is jobs. so what i do is i bring down the tax rates, lower the deductions and exemptions. the same idea behind simpson, by the way. lower the...